How a $5 cup of coffee could cost your company $10,000+ dollars

We’ve all been there. Racing between appointments, suddenly realizing that you forgot to send one of your best clients an important document that needs to arrive within 10 minutes. Being the super resourceful all-star executive (although sometimes forgetful), you stop off at your local coffee shop, order your mocha latte and quickly connect your laptop to the free Wi-Fi. You draft your email, attach your important document, and press send with one minute to spare. The day is saved!

Upon returning to the office, you see your IT security staff running around with their hair on fire yelling something about an intruder who breached the network and stole a 10,000-record database of sensitive customer information and how it can cost the company up to $3 per record to mitigate and protect your valuable customers. (more…)